Firestarter

Firestarter

2022 · 94 min · EN · R · 5.7 (570 votes)
Dir. Keith Thomas · Starring Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Zac Efron, Sydney Lemmon, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Greyeyes, Gloria Reuben · Music Cody Carpenter

Never play with fire.

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For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.

VIBE

This is a propulsive, dread-soaked journey of a family on the run, battling an escalating, fiery power. It's a tense exploration of raw, uncontrollable abilities and the desperate fight for survival against those who seek to exploit them. The mood is urgent and charged with a dangerous energy.

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